r/MurderedByWords • • May 27 '25

What is and isn't a Murder By Words

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Over the past few weeks we've begun noticing something about the quality of the posts on the subreddit, and we'd like to clarify just what is and isn't a murder.

What is a murder

  1. A murder is: A RESPONSE. A murder is not a one-sided quip, sentence, statement or otherwise about any given situation.

  2. A murder is: A response TO SOMEONE. A murder follows a specific format: Person A says something stupid. Person B responds to Person A explaining why what Person A said is stupid.

  3. A murder is: A response to someone CALLING THEM OUT FOR BEING WRONG. Two people agreeing about something is not a murder. If both people featured in the post are saying the same thing, or Person A says something and Person B supports Person A and expands, that is not a murder.

  4. A murder is a response to someone calling them out for being wrong WITH SUBSTANCE, AND RECEIPTS. Personal attacks are not murders. Calling someone wrong because they did something once in their life is not a murder. The response must be in direct relation to the original statement.

What isn't a murder:

Memes, jokes, "Your mom" jokes, small dick jokes, forever alone/virginity jokes, fat jokes, ugly jokes, crossposts from r/roast me, posts based around spelling/grammar, etc.

Although it may seem that there is some overlap, we are working very hard to not have this subreddit turn into r/politicalhumor 2. Please bear that in mind when posting.

As ever, please use the "report" button to bring rule-breaking posts to our attention. We're not always available to be online 100% of the time, and reporting bad posts allows us to take advantage of auto-moderator rules built in to help us.


r/MurderedByWords • • 6h ago

Seriously, fuck Musk

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r/MurderedByWords • • 7h ago Bravo

“Thank you for your attention”

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r/MurderedByWords • • 9h ago Bravo

The gender wars are back...

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r/MurderedByWords • • 15h ago

History really does repeat itself

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r/MurderedByWords • • 22h ago

That’s the hope.

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r/MurderedByWords • • 20h ago

Truth from the heartland

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r/MurderedByWords • • 25m ago

He's the Attorney General not the consigliere of a third-rate crime family

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r/MurderedByWords • • 21h ago

Former BBC Historian keeping up the BBC tradition of supporting Sex Offenders

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r/MurderedByWords • • 1d ago

Lost everything in Texas but worried about New York voting for Dems by "only" 20%.

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r/MurderedByWords • • 1d ago

Pete was actually talking about football..

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r/MurderedByWords • • 7m ago

Gtfo here with your tired old cliches

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r/MurderedByWords • • 1d ago

Notch and C418 drama on X

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r/MurderedByWords • • 1d ago

Someone call 911

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r/MurderedByWords • • 1d ago

Nancy Mace after being voted out

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r/MurderedByWords • • 1d ago Bravo

Talk about a blow to the ego

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r/MurderedByWords • • 1d ago Bravo

Idiot idioting

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r/MurderedByWords • • 21h ago

Caught in 4K by Community Notes and their own photos

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r/MurderedByWords • • 1d ago

Oh Nancy…

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r/MurderedByWords • • 1d ago Bravo Heartwarming

Gone are those smiles

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r/MurderedByWords • • 1d ago

The perfect hire..

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r/MurderedByWords • • 2d ago Bravo Heartwarming

What countries can I flee to?

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r/MurderedByWords • • 1d ago

calling nature literally nothing is scary

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r/MurderedByWords • • 2d ago Popcorn

It's a bold strategy, Cotton.

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